The biggest day for
positive action for the planet is once again upon us! This year, we are
calling on every member of the growing global WED community to
Think.Eat.Save.
WED 2013 will
highlight the magnitude of the food waste concern and its humanitarian,
economic and environmental implications to policy makers, other
stakeholders, and to consumers worldwide.
About a third of
global food production – equivalent to 1.3 billion tons – gets wasted
and lost from farm to fork which means all the natural resources and
inputs that have gone into their production and distribution are also
squandered. This volume of waste is more than the total net food
production of Sub-Saharan Africa, and it would be sufficient to feed the
estimated 870 million people that go hungry in the world.
Together on WED we
will raise the call for heightened awareness and immediate action to
reduce food waste and loss across the food supply chain. And we need
everybody to get involved – food producers, supermarkets, consumers,
restaurants and hotel chains, schools, sports and other social clubs,
company CEOs, city mayors, national and world leaders.
REDUCE YOUR ‘FOODPRINT’!
Visit the website
and learn more about sustainable consumption; find ways to reduce food
waste in your households, schools and offices and save money and the
planet’s resources; discover a whole range of campaigns already ongoing
worldwide to address the issue of food waste and join this growing
movement.
Join our blogging competition for a chance to win a trip to this year’s host country to report live on WED celebrations there. Find out how to enter and win!
Declare 5 June as
(Food) Waste-less day; conduct dialogues, symposia or student fairs on
sustainable consumption; organize whatever you and your community would
usually do that bring people from all walks of life together for the
cause of the planet – community clean-ups, car-free days, marathons,
public marches, photo competitions, exhibits, green petitions, and other
nationwide green campaigns. Register all this on the WED website.
World Environment
Day is the people’s day – it’s your day. Make your actions count and
make WED 2013 the biggest global movement for the environment! |
